Posted on June 30, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
From VQR: McFadden’s Hardscrabble Wins Poetry Award By Kevin Morrissey June 30th, 2008 Kevin McFadden’s Hardscrabble, one of the inaugural titles in the VQR Poetry Series, published by the University of Georgia Press, has just been awarded 2008 Fellowship of Southern Writers’ New Writing Award for Poetry. The award, which recognizes work by emerging poets [...]
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Posted on June 30, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Audio of Jen Sorensen’s presentation on June 11 at WriterHouse has been posted at the WriterHouse site and at Charlottesville Podcasting Network. Or, you can listen here! audio: Jen Sorensen at WriterHouse Q&A with Jen Sorensen Slowpoke Comics
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Posted on June 29, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
I freely admit I have the attention span — oooh, shiny! — of a magpie. After all, that’s why I blog. When I stumble across an infelicitous or puzzling phrase in my reading, it tends to distract me, sometimes stop me cold. Here are some instances from just this morning. Be honest with me — [...]
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Posted on June 28, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Books that Get Smart! | Jacket Copy | Los Angeles Times “The campy ’60s TV series featuring a not-at-all smart secret agent did not originally derive from some heavy, intellectual novel. But it was popular enough to spawn nine paperbacks…. the books can be bought on EBay for less than $10.”
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Posted on June 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
dykestowatchoutfor.com » Compulsory Reading Via bookslut.com Avoiding This Cliché ‘Should Be Required for All Americans’ « One-Minute Book Reviews “And This Week’s Gusher Awards for Achievement in Hyperbole in Book Reviewing Go to …”
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Posted on June 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
A little bird tells me: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. President George W. Bush will attend the July 4 event at Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, the White House has announced. Bush will be the featured speaker at Monticello’s 46th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony. He will become the fourth sitting president to participate in Independence [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Why am I just now hearing about Citizen Philosopher? I must look into this more closely…
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Posted on June 26, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
‘I was never about boo hoo hoo’ | By genre | guardian.co.uk Books “In person, [Dave] Pelzer, 47, is by turn defensive, self-promoting, evasive, messianic – a torrent of intense sincerity and total contradiction.” –Why am I not surprised? Krakauer’s Tillman Book Withdrawn – 6/24/2008 11:51:00 AM – Publishers Weekly “Krakauer is apparently unhappy with [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Conservapedia:How can we protect Conservapedia by distinguishing real conservative encyclopedia articles from satires written by liberals? – Conservapedia
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Literary Kicks : George Carlin: Safe at Home “Language was George Carlin’s playpen. Here he is on the difference between baseball and football…” Includes video. Critics choose their most-loathed books – Times Online “My redmist book is Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, the acme of Bloomsburyish poppycock….Should be sold with a sick bag attached.” Conversational Reading: Quarterly [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Logan Ward, author of See You in a Hundred Years, will join a discussion of his work today through Thursday at Bookballoon. Registration is required, but it is free, easy, and private.
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Alex de Waal: To the Rescue – washingtonpost.com “There are many who live by writing, which is brave enough, but few who write to keep people alive. Alex de Waal is in the latter category, an indefatigable writer with an urgent message…” The Nested Float » Stealth Edits “So I admit it: I do, from [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Barbara Rich loves Record of Wrongs; hear author Andy Straka here.
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Posted on June 23, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
A tip o’ the hat to Web Worker Daily for sending me to Videojug, a collection of how-to videos on just about any subject you can imagine — including writing. How To Find Time To Write
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Posted on June 22, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Virginia is No. 1 in personalized license plates? I believe it.
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